left to right: Phil Lammar, Marguerite Moreau, Michael Showalter, Erinn Hayes, Zandy Hartig, Michael Ian Black, Rachael Harris, Christopher Meloni, Joe Lo Truglio, Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, David Wain, Ken Marino, Beth Dover (photo by Jakub Mosur)

ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON we did the Wet Hot American Summer radio play at the Marines’ Memorial Theater. It was so surreal and fun to have original cast members recreating their original roles from when we shot the movie in 2000:

• Paul Rudd (Andy)
• Michael Showalter (Coop)
• Ken Marino (Victor)
• Marguerite Moreau (Katie)
• Michael Ian Black (McKinley)
• Amy Poehler (Susie)
• Joe Lo Truglio (Neil)
• Christopher Meloni (Gene)
• Molly Shannon (Gail)
• Samm Levine (Arty)

W.H.A.S. original cast after the show. Photo by Mike Rosenstein

Then the rest of the roles were played by an incredible group of guest stars:

• Busy Philipps (Beth)
• Colin Hanks (Gary)
• David Cross (Professor Neumann)
• Bruce McCulloch (Aaron)
• Gillian Jacobs (Lindsay)
• Jessi Klein (Abby)
• Josh Malina (JJ)
• John Hodgman (Caped Boy)
• Andy Richter (Ron)
• Marc Evan Jackson (Ben)
• Annie Savage (Cure Girl)
• Mark Gagliardi (Steve)
• Hal Lublin (Medieval Kid)
• Craig Cackowski (Moose)

And in an amazing cameo turn as the Can of Vegetables, in costume, Bobcat Goldthwait!

Plus Jonathan Dinnerstein meticulously re-created the entire score on the piano. Ben Blacker & Ben Acker (from Thrilling Adventure Hour) put it all together.

Many have asked if this will be released publicly – I don’t know yet but will post here when I do.

SUNDAY MORNING Michael Showalter and I hosted a “table read” at the Eureka Theater for They Came Together, a screenplay we wrote right after Wet Hot American Summer which never got made. I have to think everyone had fun because we had to stop a few times because the cast was laughing too hard.

left to right: Beth Dover, David Wain, Rachael Harris, Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, Erinn Hayes, Paul Rudd, Zandy Hartig, Marguerite Moreau, Christopher Meloni, Amy Poehler, Phil Lamarr, Michael Ian Black. (photo by Mike Rosenstein)

That afternoon some of us went back to the same theater to see Beverly Winwood’s Actors Showcase, a Groundlings show that had me convulsing with laughter.

Finally on Sunday night, STELLA (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and me) hosted a comedy show at the Mezzanine with Release the Sunbird playing great songs all night.

photo by @ronxo

The all-star lineup of comics was Ron Funches, Will Franken, Jessi Klein, Matt Besser, Brent Weinbach and Bobcat Goldthwait. Plus cameo appearances from our Wet Hot cast-mates Paul Rudd and Marguerite Moreau!

More photos from the night at prefix magazine

Thank you SF! And thank you David, Janet and Cole (SF Sketchfest founders) for always mounting such a fun event! (PS if anyone has good photos please link to them in the comments!)

I’m super tired.

But guess what – only one more month until Wanderlust

ADDENDUM: Here’s some more photos at EW Popwatch from the Wet Hot event.

You can catch up on the rest of the season–and all 39 episodes of Wainy Days–on My Damn Channel or YouTube

And coming SOON:

SAN FRANCISCO SKETCHFEST – January 21 & 22
Come join me for three fun events!
WET HOT AMERICAN SUMMER – THE LIVE RADIO PLAY – Jan 21, 5pm
One night only, with the original cast on stage
-and-
THEY CAME TOGETHER – Jan 22, 11am
join us for a table read of an unproduced screenplay by Michael Showalter and me with an all-star cast
-and-
STELLA: THE CLASSIC NIGHTCLUB SHOW Jan 22, 8pm
hosted by Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and me, with special guest comedians and house band.

WAINY DAYS DVD – February 14th

Seasons 1-4 in one handsome collection plus tons of EXTRAS including NEW only-on-DVD interstitials featuring Paul Rudd, Julie Bowen, Rashida Jones, Megan Mullally, Ken Marino and many others. Plus never-before-seen shorts and clips from Wainy Live and more. Pre-order now at Amazon

WANDERLUST – in theaters February 24th
The big day is approaching! Trailer etc, here.

Next week (Jan 9) is the finale of the “Kelly & Arielle” season.
Catch up on all 38 episodes at My Damn Channel or wainydays.com

Hope you enjoy…Happy healthy new year.
DW

And look at this here’s the Wanderlust poster… the movie comes out Feb 24!

And there are a few photos on Facebook

The movie comes out February 24th – in other words only 113 days from today!

• We’re writing episodes right now for the fourth (!) season of Childrens Hospital. Be sure to catch up on all you’ve missed – Seasons 1 & 2 are on DVD and you can see clips and full eps of Season 3 at AdultSwim.com
• You have to check out Craig Wedren’s awesome new album Wand. Here’s a video testimonial I risked my life to do.
• Download a podcast of me (and John Sayles and Mike Doughty) on WFMU’s awesome interview show Seven Second Delay. And here are a bunch of photos from that night – it was a blast.
• We have all seen this a billion times but it never fails to cheer me up.
• Happy to see The State listed in IGN’s 25 funniest TV shows of all time
• I love Michael Showalter’s new Toyota commercials
• Kevin Allison’s show RISK needs to keep running! info here


My first painting ever - for a Yo Gabba Gabba art show in June



me, my mom and my naked butt some time in the early 70's

This has been a crazy fun anniversary summer for Wet Hot American Summer which seems to be going stronger than ever after ten(!) years.

It started with the gallery show in Los Angeles.

On August 2nd we had a big celebration in Williamsburg, hosted by Stella (Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter and me), with appearances (on stage and/or video) from just about everyone from the original cast, plus live music from the movie by the Losers Lounge band and an amazing group of singers.

Stella on stage. Photo by Seth Olenick

backstage L to R Ken Marino, Marguerite Moreau, Michael Ian Black, Amy Miles, me, A. D. Miles, Marisa Ryan, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Showalter. Photo by Seth Olenick

It started with this intro video by Frank Pulaski:

Here’s Victor Pulak (Ken Marino) and Amy Miles singing “Danny’s Song”:

A big highlight for me was a special appearance from borscht belt comedian Alan Shemper who you may remember hosted the talent show in the original movie. Here’s a clip:

Here’s a ton of photos from Anya Garrett and a write up from Vulture. New York Times covered it in this video starting about 1:40 in.

Special thanks to Marianne Ways who put it all together.

The movie’s ten year year anniversary got lots of coverage in the press – some of my favorite stuff:

• This piece from LaughSpin
• A whole series of interviews on Entertainment Weekly’s website that were also featured in a six(!) page feature in the magazine.
• An interview with me and Showalter from VanityFair.com.
• A beautifully written love letter from Robin Hardwick.
• A fun podcast visit to Scott Aukerman’s Comedy Bang Bang with Paul Rudd and Ken Marino. Download the episode here and/or get a taste with this hot summer rap we did:

• My interview with Jeff Goldsmith for his Q&A podcast was mentioned in Paste’s list of 10 best podcasts
• Elizabeth Banks talks Wet Hot in an esquire interview.
• And last but certainly not least an exhaustive, epic oral history of the making of Wet Hot, told by the cast & filmmakers to Details Magazine.

AND COMING UP NEXT…

For those of you in the middle of the country who missed all the fun – come join me (IN PERSON!) at a special screening and Q&A of the movie at the Music Box in Chicago on October 5th, presented by The Onion A/V Club – info here

And finally to answer the question I get on a daily basis about a potential Wet Hot sequel…the wheels are in motion.

P.S. You can still watch the actual movie on netflix or DVD. Unfortunately no blu-ray yet.